Virgin Australia apologises to disability advocate removed from flight over wheelchair motor
- Virgin Australia has apologised to a disability advocate who said he was “humiliated” by his removal from a flight over his wheelchair motor.
- The airline called Shane Hryhorec on Wednesday afternoon to offer an apology, two days after the Adelaide-based man published a viral video showing the incident onboard a flight from Sydney.
- Hryhorec lives with C5 incomplete quadriplegia and uses a wheelchair with a power assist device called a SmartDrive.
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- Virgin Australia has apologised to a disability advocate who said he was “humiliated” by his removal from a flight over his wheelchair motor.
- The airline called Shane Hryhorec on Wednesday afternoon to offer an apology, two days after the Adelaide-based man published a viral video showing the incident onboard a flight from Sydney.
- Hryhorec lives with C5 incomplete quadriplegia and uses a wheelchair with a power assist device called a SmartDrive.
Sources: Guardian